Lecithites rangiferinus (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh 1852

Publication Details
Lecithites rangiferinus (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh 1852: 636

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Lecithites.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophyllis rangiferina (R.Brown ex Turner) Womersley.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1973). Further studies on Australian Kallymeniaceae (Rhodophyta). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 97: 253-256, 7 figs.

Basionym
Fucus rangiferina R.Brown ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: At Kent's Islands, near New Holland. Mr. Brown. [Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 116) Holotype: R. Brown (no. 256) tetrasporangial; 1803-4; BM; (Womersley 1973: 256) Notes: According to Womersley (1994: 258) the type is from Georgetown, Tasmania and the holotype (Gunn 1279) is in TCD. These data seem to apply to Sphaerococcus australis Harvey 1844, the basionym of Callophyllis coccinea (Harvey in Hooker & Harvey) Kützing.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 June 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 27 February 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024

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